Just this past month, our school announced a new policy: they will be deducting Php50.00 from ALL teachers and personnels' wages for every book or material borrowed and lost from the office. Many teachers were against this policy, but the management simply justified this by saying that the money collected will be used for teachers' fund and that this will teach responsibilty for all. The policy is in place and fortunately no deductions were carried out last month because no books were lost. I am worried though for the months to follow as nobody can guarantee that there will be no lost materials. This policy is obviously illegal, but how can we stop the school from enforcing this? Can we take action even if there has never been deductions yet?
(2) taken lunch time
Every month, the school asks teachers to make public speeches in culmination of the school's pronunciation training. However, this is held during lunch time and for one week, we have to attend this without compensation. Sometimes it takes until 12:40 and teachers can only eat for 20-30 mins. What can we do regarding this matter?